Peter Harris (footballer)

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Peter Harris
Personal information
Full name	Peter Philip Harris
Date of birth	19 December 1925
Place of birth	Portsmouth, England
Date of death	2 January 2003 (aged 77)
Place of death	Hayling Island, England
Playing position	Outside Right
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1946-1960	Portsmouth F.C.	479 (193)
National team
1949-1954	England	2 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Peter Philip Harris (19 December 1925 – 2 January 2003) was an association football (soccer) player.

Harris is notable for his career with Portsmouth F.C.. Signed from Gosport Borough F.C., he played a crucial role in Pompey's championship-winning teams as an out and out right-winger with an instinctive goalscoring touch. The speed of a top sprinter allied to his great opportunism made him a prolific goalscorer with 193 league goals in a 14-year career at Fratton Park which made him Pompey's all-time record goalscorer. Only the competition from Stanley Matthews and Tom Finney prevented Peter earning more than two caps for the England national football team. He made England debut against Ireland in a 2–0 defeat in September 1949.

[edit] Career statistics

Club	Season	League		FA Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Portsmouth	1946-47	4	1	-	-	4	1
	1947-48	40	13	2	1	42	14
	1948-49	40	17	5	5	45	22
	1949-50	40	16	4	1	44	17
	1950-51	36	5	1	0	37	5
	1951-52	40	9	4	1	44	10
	1952-53	41	23	1	0	42	23
	1953-54	40	20	7	4	47	25
	1954-55	41	23	1	0	42	23
	1955-56	41	23	2	1	43	24
	1956-57	39	11	2	2	41	13
	1957-58	40	18	2	2	42	20
	1958-59	26	13	4	0	30	13
	1959-60	11	1	-	-	11	1
	Career totals	479	193	35	17	514	211

[edit] References

• Profile on Pompeyfc.co.uk
• England profile